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April 25, 2007

Don Orsillo Drinking Game

Laura and I came up with this a couple of years ago. Before every night game, we'd pick three of Don's catch phrases. When he would say one of them, we'd drink.

"Down by way of the K" "Gets the bad news" "Not enamored of the call""Outstanding" "Full bore""Carves one foul" "In through the back door""Wall ball""Canvas Alley""Fisted to shallow right"

Choosing which three is sometimes tough. If Pedro was pitching, we'd choose at least one strikeout reference. Also if he hadn't used one phrase in a while, we'd think he might be due. (I once joked about keeping a scorecard of his comments -- hmm, he's used "full bore" only 3 times in the last 15 games -- though never actually followed through on that particular bit of insanity.)

Don clearly loves to say "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim", but it is advised to include this one only if we are not playing the Angels. He also loves certain players' names and will almost always refer to the player by his entire name, e.g., Coco Crisp.

Other possibile drink chances:

When Don repeats something Remy just saidRemy rags on a fan in luxury boxes for dropping a foul ballRemy tells long story about Wally's activitiesWhenever Remy pimps his website or tries to sell his crapDon mentions "a modest 3-game hitting streak"

21 comments:

Very funny idea, thanks! My wife and I were recently watching a game when Don said "Not enamored of the call" and she commented on how many times he says that. Next time I'll keep some cold adult beverages handy for just such an occastion. Thanks for the good work!

We're cuter now that we're both Sox fans. Our friends thought it was cute when we were on opposite sides of The Great Divide, but it usually wasn't very funny. I can't imagine what we would have done in 2003 and 2004.

Sean, are you the commenter formerly known as Sean O? Or is that someone else?

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere L-girl, but what pulled you across the chasm to the good guys? I've been reading Joy of Sox for a couple seasons and have never seen the story.

My wife is a Mets fan (she's from Long Island, so has been a Mets fan her whole life). Our son (age 7) is somewhat conflicted. Fortunately, we live in NESN territory, so only get nationally televised Mets games. Make my job easier :-)